A Community Schools Research-Policy-Practice Partnership between the University of Vermont, the Vermont Agency of Education, and Vermont Public Schools.
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Broader Connections
University-Assisted Community Schools Network
The Netter Center at the University of Pennsylvania
The UACS Research Practice Network
The National Network for Education Research-Practice Partnerships
News and Events
UVM’s Statewide Internship Program Returns
Students can explore paid internships with housing provided in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom and White River Valley, in partnership with the UVM Catamount Community Schools Collaborative.
“We came home to Vermont:” RISE Summit Explores Solutions for Rural Challenges
RISE Summit at the University of Vermont
Meeting the Need: UVM Places Mental Health Professionals in Rural Schools
$3.8M U.S. Department of Education grant bolsters support for Vermont youth
Funding
The CCSC is funded through several braided Federal, State, Professional, and University funding mechanisms, including:
1) a contract with the Vermont Agency of Education funded by Federal ARP-ESSER funds connected to the Act 67 Community Schools Evaluation,
2) a seed grant from the University of Vermont’s Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships (LIRP) to support Community Schools Extension Activities with interdisciplinary UVM faculty and students,
3) a Congressionally Funded Community Project (CFCP) administered by the Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education supported by a congressional direct spending request through Senator Sanders to expand the Community Schools model in Vermont leveraging CCSC resources, partnerships, applied faculty research and service-learning courses in partnership with the Vermont Agency of Education,
4) a small grant from the National Education of Research Practice Partnerships (NNERPP) to bolster youth voice in our community schools implementation and evaluation work, and
5) support from the Adam and Abigail Burack Green and Gold Endowed Education Professorship.
Catamount Community Schools Collaborative (CCSC) Timeline
Acknowledgements
The Vermont Agency of Education
The Leahy Institute for Rural Partnerships
Senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders
The College of Education & Social Services at the University of Vermont
Adam and Abigail Burack Green and Gold Endowed Professorship